Meta removing links to news is one thing but from Google is very big, and will be very bad for Canadians.
I can see it being shitty for you and I when searching for current news, the results being populated with low quality blogs/disinformation websites being the top results.
It's also going to be disastrous for Canadian news outlets that get organic traffic from Google. The news sites have ads on them which pay their bills.. so without traffic, there's no money. This will also kill any investment into the sector because who the hell would do that?
Not that anyone uses Bing for news lol but I can see them doing the same thing, and the other smaller search engines that are out there.
I know that a lot of people these days hate on the media but the internet being controlled like this by the government is not a good move, for anyone.
A Calgary mom and dad are reeling after discovering a stranger has been taking photos of their young daughter from the family's social media accounts and, police say, using them to convince others he's a single father who is struggling financially.
This is... crazy 😧
Meta removing links to news is one thing but from Google is very big, and will be very bad for Canadians.
I can see it being shitty for you and I when searching for current news, the results being populated with low quality blogs/disinformation websites being the top results.
It's also going to be disastrous for Canadian news outlets that get organic traffic from Google. The news sites have ads on them which pay their bills.. so without traffic, there's no money. This will also kill any investment into the sector because who the hell would do that?
Not that anyone uses Bing for news lol but I can see them doing the same thing, and the other smaller search engines that are out there.
I know that a lot of people these days hate on the media but the internet being controlled like this by the government is not a good move, for anyone.
Google's blog post: https://blog.google/intl/en-ca/company-news/outreach-initiatives/an-update-on-canadas-bill-c-18-and-our-search-and-news-products/